Letter from the Opinion Editor
You have opinions! and Mason wants to hear them BY EMMA G. SCHAIBLE, OPINION EDITOR Hello Readers, My name is Emma G. Schaible, and I am the Opinion Editor for Fourth Estate for the fall 2025 semester. I am a…
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15 international student visas at Mason revoked by federal government
George Mason University responds to the U.S. government’s decision to revoke 15 student visas BY BARRETT BALZER, NEWS EDITOR On April 15, President Washington’s office sent a campus-wide email confirming recent reports, detailed in Axios, regarding the visa statuses of…
Capitol Chic: Where fashion is intentional
For our congresswomen, fashion isn’t just a choice–it’s strategy. BY NYLAH MITCHELL, STAFF WRITER Editor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of an original piece from the writer. To read the original-length piece, visit here. It’s often forgettable…
ATTACK ON REP. CONNOLLY DISTRICT OFFICE IMPACTS MASON
Increasing violence against public officials change scope for aspiring government students. BY ERICA MUNISAR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On May 15, an individual entered the District Office of Rep. Gerry Connolly, who represents Mason in the 11th District, specifically requesting to see the…
GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO PROTECT RIGHTS, NOT PROVIDE STUFF
BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER There is only one worthy role of government: to protect our rights. As George Mason wrote in the opening to the Virginia Declaration of Rights: “rights do pertain to [the citizens] and their posterity, as…
A MATTER OF TRUST(S)
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER A couple of weeks back, my friend and classmate Alex Madajian wrote a column discussing what he sees as our fruitless efforts to regulate and tax the wealthy. According to Alex, all of our efforts…
Inform, Not Conform; Resisting The Temptation Of Polarity
BY ELI KOHN, STAFF WRITER In 2016, following one of the most divisive presidential elections in American history, voters elected one of the most divisive presidents in American history. This shocking (to many) outcome, accompanied by the relentless campaigns of both…
SAIA Members Lobby Against Anti-BDS Bill
Members head to Congress to voice concerns BASMA HUMADI, MANAGING EDITOR Members of Mason’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) headed over to Congress last week to lobby against a bill that would allow for state governments to refuse to do…
Mayor Pete for America
BY ERIK TRUONG, STAFF WRITER Could America elect its first gay president in 2020? Pete Buttigieg sure hopes so. But there’s more to Pete than who he loves. At 37, Pete Buttigieg (pronounced BOOT-a-jedge) is known for serving as the…
The Problem of Political Alarmism
BY DAWSON WEINHOLD, STAFF WRITER How often do you hear the term “crisis” in the media these days? I imagine you could take almost any issue in politics, put the word crisis at end of it, and you’d have a…